New road travel safety playground opened at Glenrothes school in Fife
New playground markings promoting road safety were officially opened on September 21st, at Carleton Primary School in Glenrothes in Fife. The new markings are part of a joint project involving Fife Council Roads and Transportation Services, the Safer Communities team, and funded by national walking charity Paths for All’s Smarter Choices, Smarter Places grants programme. […]
Fife Council say extra £6.2m spending on fixing roads is worth the investment
More than 3,600 road defects and potholes have been fixed in Fife since the start of April. Fife Council said that spending an extra £6.2 million and bringing in more staff to tackle the backlog of repairs was beginning to pay off. The council is also hopeful a new IT system for reporting problems will […]
Fife’s road casualties continue to fall, according to council
Road casualties in Fife are at their lowest ever as part of a longer-term trend of reducing accidents on roads. Fife Council’s Economy, Tourism, Strategic Planning and Transportation Sub Committee Members recently received a Briefing Note on the number of casualties on Fife’s roads during 2021, revealing the lowest number ever recorded, and progress towards meeting targets set by Scottish […]
Levenmouth Rail Link has moved closer to seeing the reintroduction of passenger services for the first time in 50 years
Network Rail has begun the building of the Levenmouth Rail Link after Transport for Scotland gave the go-ahead for the huge £116.6m project. Initial work will see the removal of the original trackbed and other route preparation tasks ahead of the reinstatement for the double-track railway and passenger services to Leven. The use of the […]
Fife Council launches new Local Transport Strategy for the next 10 years
Fife Council is developing a new Local Transport Strategy that will set out the vision and action plan for transport in the region for the next 10 years, and has started consultation in the region to shape the approach. The new strategy will further develop local networks and services to create a modern transport system that supports the needs of […]
Fife Council confirms £100 million investment in Levenmouth region
Fife Council has confirmed a £100 million investment in the Levenmounth area over the next few years. This weeks councillors at Levenmouth Area Committee heard several reports detailing the partnership work bringing these improvements. The first is the Levonmouth Connectivity Project which has seen active travel routes been identified to the proposed railway stations in […]
Transport funding to boost Fife’s green economic recovery
Fife Council is set to benefit from over one million pounds from the Scottish Government’s Bus Partnership Fund for Central & North Fife. The £1.096m funding announcement is in addition to the £749,000 grant awarded for West Fife in June this year. The funding is a result of another successful bid by Fife’s ‘Bus Partnership’ and […]
More than 30 potholes are being fixed in Fife every day, says council data
More than 30 potholes in Fife are being fixed every day – with two thirds of them on roads in the north of the area, according to new data published by the council’s roads department. It shows that the council’s 12 repair teams dispatched across the region have repaired 7,652 potholes since September last year. […]
Fife councillors approve business case set to transform Dunfermline and boost economic growth
Fife councillors have approved the business case to support the Dunfermline Strategic Transportation Intervention Measures programme, and authorised submission to the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal Joint Committee and Government partners, for final approval. This programme will facilitate large scale mixed-use development and investment in the Dunfermline and wider City Region economy, including unlocking development […]
Fife Council provide extra £10 million for road repairs
An extra £10 million has been promised to fix Fife’s pothole-ridden roads over the next two years following thousands of complaints. The pledge, part of Fife Council’s budget announced yesterday, will see repairs to roads and pavements across the region. The joint Labour/SNP administration said the money was part of an “extraordinary budget for extraordinary […]
